Meanwhile, new data from Wristly indicates that Apple Watch wearers are embracing contactless payments. Like the Square Cash app, Square Cash for Apple Watch also provides the option to send money to anyone nearby using Bluetooth LE technology, making payments quick and convenient to send.
Advertisement
And for any retailers unsure whether supporting Apple Pay would be worthwhile, a massive 96% of Watch owners want to use it at more locations, with 62% of them visiting supporting retailers more often. Square has updated its peer-to-peer payment iOS app that enables users to transfer money to anyone through their Apple Watch. Users just select payment recipients and then tap stacks of cash in various increments to send digital dough from the wrist.
To confirm the payment the watch will vibrate and a check mark will appear on the screen.
The analysis revealed several fascinating things about Apple Pay on the Apple Watch.
Advertisement
Next time you’re splitting a restaurant bill or paying your mate back for a shared Uber ride, there’s no need to reach for your wallet to pay anything. But as long as you keep it on, a simple double-tap does the work. Just 190 of the 1,000 or so respondents had actually used Apple Pay with Apple Watch which, as Chris rightly suggests, is a rather small number of respondents. A surprisingly large amount of people already use it or its various counterparts, and the survey also noted that from their results at least 86% of users are actively looking for the Apple Pay logo above checkout when doing their physical shopping, as stores are beginning to support it across the nation. Further dissecting the non-users, Wristly’s findings also detail that “only about 5% of Apple Watch users are unlikely to use Apple Pay”.
